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11 thoughts on “1945 British Military Flat Earth Map”

Reblogged this on FactYouAll Blog and commented:
This is perfect – the map actually disproves itself when you read the printed information in several of the corner sections. It describes how this, or any projection distorts the real information.

The distance chart details why there are distances at southern latitudes that are not consistent with north-south or northern latitude distances.

It mentions that the straight lines are not actual flight paths, and how great-circle paths would actually be found for realistic paths.

It clearly mentions how this is a map of the globe, not a freestanding map of the earth.

In a nutshell, posting this on an FE site is lying to that audience, not unexpected sometimes.

if you read it carefully, the military made the map for British Airways pilots to use. So the distances are accurate but lead others to debunk it, when the distances are accurate.. don’t believe everything you interpret…fact u all!

These globeheads that believe anything the government tells them (or who work for the government, could be either), don’t understand that nothing is done with admitting. Of course the map would say that it’s a projection of a globe on a flat surface. Why would it say, “yes, the earth is flat, we admit it?”. So the two comments above me are foolish to the max.

“Of course the map would say that it’s a projection of a globe on a flat surface. Why would it say, “yes, the earth is flat, we admit it?”. ”

So, one of these is true, and the other is not. What about the useful feature of (visually inconsistent) distances; where is the truth in that part of the map (the length of the line, of the number on the line)?

Anything put to paper is by necessity a flat rendition. The result is always 2 dimensional, even when projecting 3 dimensional forms. We move about in a 3 dimensional reality. Maps are designed to get us around the 3 dimensional space. Lines are conceptual. We know the shortest distance between 2 points (also conceptual) is a straight line.

If we understand geometry we know there is NO straight line OR flat surface on a sphere.

Yet we have lighthouses and compasses and gyroscopes that DO work and can ONLY work over a flat and stationary surface. Horizon and horizontal are ONLY possible on a flat plane.

All my life I believed their globe lie. Unquestioning. But no longer. I trust my eyes and other senses over the institutions, the teevee, and nasa.

The governments of the world lie to their populations. Routinely. So doublespeak from governments and militaries should be expected. Nothing can be trusted at face value. As poolman said, I trust what I see and know, not what I’m told. You can trust a bunch of liars, if you want.

“Fact”YouAll — I have seen many examples of when the military/government uses maps, they will often use this flat earth map. Too coincidental. Anyway if you don’t believe it, and if you think it’s all bollocks, why are you even debating it? There’s tons of stuff that I don’t believe in, and I wouldn’t waste one second talking about those things. You’re too brilliant for everyone here, so leave us to our folly.

Why do you call it an FE map when it says clearly on the map itself that it’s a projection of a globe?

There is one aspect where the map is accurate – it accurately shows the distance from the North Pole to any point. It does not accurately reflect distances between other points. For example, Sydney and Santiago are not as far from each other as depicted in the map.